Avril Baynes

Avril Baynes is Managing Director of SkyCity Adelaide, part of SkyCity Entertainment Group, which is listed on the ASX. She has more than 30 years of experience and is a qualified lawyer.

She returned to SkyCity in November 2023 as General Manager Hospitality at SkyCity Adelaide. In April 2024 she took over management of the Adelaide site. Her return indicates an earlier period with the company, but the source gives no details of it.

Baynes is currently an AmCham Governor and a Business Events Adelaide board member. Earlier, she held community and industry positions in the Northern Territory. She chaired the Darwin Major Business Group and served as a director of the Automobile Association of the NT, Tourism Top End, Darwin Festival and the Top End Group Training Board. She is a former Telstra Young Businesswoman of the Year (NT).